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Eyewitnesses describe Sheppey pile-up

Eyewitnesses and commuters describe the pile-up on the new Sheppey crossing bridge in Kent. Report by Fosterso. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn Read more »

'Cars ploughed into each other like a concertina... it was horrific': Witnesses describe 'carnage' of 100-vehicle Sheppey car crash

Eyewitnesses of the Sheppey car crash this morning have described how vehicles 'ploughed into each other like a concertina'. A 100-vehicle pile-up on a bridge in heavy fog left at least six people seriously injured and 200 suffering minor wounds in what ...

Very quickly this morning, it became clear that a major emergency was taking place in Kent. Hospitals across the county - and in London - were put on standby to receive the injured. Most of the serious casualties were taken to the Medway Maritime Hospital.

Drivers have been describing the terrifying moment they were confronted with a 130 vehicle pile-up on the Sheppey crossing. Shocked motorists, including some mothers with small children, said they felt "lucky" to have escaped unhurt from the series of ...

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Video: Witnesses and crash victims describe scene 'like a war zone'

Eyewitnesses describe the Kent pile-up involving more than 130 vehicles in thick fog this morning. Around 200 people were hurt, and police said it was "truly miraculous" that no one was killed. The accident began at 7.15am and continued for 10 minutes as ...

Drivers involved in the 100-car pile-up in Kent, England yesterday have described the experience of driving blindly and having cars flying by them during horrific crash. As we mentioned, the crash took place at around 7.15 a.m. on the Sheppey crossing bridge.

Kent Police said 32 people had been offered driver alertness sessions after the 150-vehicle pile-up on the Sheppey Crossing in September. The crash continued for 10 minutes as vehicles hit each other when visibility was down to 25 yards due to thick fog.

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Eight seriously injured in 100 vehicle UK motorway pile-up

UP TO EIGHT PEOPLE have been seriously injured following a motorway pile-up in the UK this morning with a further 60 people suffering minor injuries. Around 100 vehicles are believed to be involved in collisions on Sheppey Crossing in Kent after poor ...

There was enough evidence to prosecute 32 drivers involved in the 150-car collision on the Sheppey crossing in Kent last year ... Insp Martin Stevens, who led the four-month investigation into the pile-up, said: ‘There is overwhelming evidence that ...

Kent Police said they were called at about 7.15am (local time) to the crash on the London-bound carriageway of the four-lane A249 on the Sheppey Crossing road bridge ... confirmed there had been no fatalities. Eyewitness Martin Stammers, 45, told Kent ...

'All you could hear was cars crashing': 120-car pile-up on Sheppey bridge

Witnesses describe 10 minutes of eerie mayhem ... 35-metre summit of the four-lane bridge, and on the Sheppey side of the approach. As hot sun burned off the fog, scores of cars, lorries and a car transporter were revealed tangled together, completely ...